11 Facts About Den Fujita

Den Fujita was the Japanese founder of McDonald's Japan.

Den Fujita, who was entirely ethnically Japanese, was reared differently from most other Japanese children.

However, after World War II, Den Fujita found his life altered by the death of his father and the destruction of his house.

Den Fujita was educated at the University of Tokyo law school and after graduating in 1951, he decided to work at the importing business he started while attending the university.

Den Fujita opened his first McDonald's in Mitsukoshi department store in Ginza, an upscale district in Tokyo, Japan.

Den Fujita's ambitions did not recede with age as he predicted that there would be 10,000 McDonald's in Japan by 2010.

Den Fujita served on the board of Softbank, whose Japanese founder, Masayoshi Son, once idolized Den Fujita as a boy.

Den Fujita served as vice-chairman of Toys 'R' Us Japan.

The book was part autobiography, in which Den Fujita drew parallels between antisemitism and the discrimination he himself faced because of his Kansai dialect.

Den Fujita printed these words on all of writing tablets used in his company.

At the age of 78, Den Fujita died of heart failure on April 21,2004.